Future of C-Band Paid Programming

[wallyhts]

I want to drink the koolaid too.

Pm me to dan.

 

[Bob2011]

The Future of C-Band Paid Programming: there isn't one. And anything left up there for free and unencrypted will be gone in the coming decades as television networks phase out satellite uplinking completely in favor of 100% fiber distribution. Communications over any infrastructure but the Internet fiber backbones are not long for this world.

C Band is going to continue to dying and paid subscriptions for C Band are dead already without the ability to get any HD channels. No one wants to pay for a handful of standard definition channels that they have to put up a big object in their yard in today's era of 1080p online video and pizza satellite, cable, fiber, and telecom television - all of which are better quality than 4DTV these days. Why would you put up a C Band dish to subscribe to TV when DirecTV/Dish Network have over 100 HD channels and you do it all with a much easier to manage pizza dish?

None of the networks are going to want to offer people a way to subscribe directly to their HD master feeds on C Band before they stop satellite distribution either.

By the time cable is dead thanks to Internet streaming and piracy and the traditional TV model has to move to a la carte everything will be distributed via fiber and Internet streaming. Satellites are already being taken out of the picture completely. Networks will offer a way to subscribe to them individually again, but only via the Internet as they stop uplinking to satellites and the transition to full Internet distribution is complete. C Band's final years are here and they are hobbyist years only. Enjoy it while it lasts. Ku Band will stick around a lot longer to serve those very rural areas which will still require satellite a long time in the future.

You should become a consultant to the satellite industry and help them figure out why they are still launching satellites with C band capability.

C band for the networks is not going away anytime soon because the infrastructure works and is stable. Sure there may be some small networks that shift to internet/fiber distribution but the big guys won't rely on it for full time usage. Also internet TV distribution to the home viewer is going to have a serious problem soon because internet access prices are going up not down. People are not going to pay $100 a month for internet so they can watch TV over it.

 

[bobvick]

I'm quite content with my 300 Mbps Verizon FiOS connection + every single HD channel on their system equipped with three Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCARD™ tuners allowing for 12 channels to be recorded/viewed simultaneously on my 20 terabyte HTPC + phone service for $200 a month.

It's a better value than what those rip off cell phone companies are charging these days.

Dana Carvey's Church Lady voice, "Well aren't you special."
How do you have the 300Mbps service yet when it is not even scheduled to be offered until June 17? Also, how do you have it, and all that for $200 per month, when Verizion states it will be $205 per month for JUST the Internet, and that is with a 2 year commitment. That is all according to a PC World article about the service. Also, if you are so content, what are you doing trolling around in a C/Ku Band FTA forum?

 

[Xizer]

Dana Carvey's Church Lady voice, "Well aren't you special."
How do you have the 300Mbps service yet when it is not even scheduled to be offered until June 17? Also, how do you have it, and all that for $200 per month, when Verizion states it will be $205 per month for JUST the Internet, and that is with a 2 year commitment. That is all according to a PC World article about the service. Also, if you are so content, what are you doing trolling around in a C/Ku Band FTA forum?

Stating opinions is not "trolling." It's called having a different opinion.

I have the current 150 Mbps package from Verizon which is the one due to be upgraded to 300 Mbps later this month. You can bundle it with TV in New York City. Another great thing about Verizon's NYC market is that you get all the HBO/Starz/Showtime/etc premiums included for no extra charge in the ultimate package.

Never once did I say FiOS TV was perfect. I simply noted that it is like prime rib compared to the ramen that is C Band's paid programming services available right now. I'm on this forum because I enjoy playing around with higher quality feeds and material the general public wasn't meant to receive directly in their homes. There is no provider (and especially not 4DTV's standard definition service) that can provide access to the full Blu-ray quality backhauls and wildfeeds and network fronthauls.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

So why do you use a Road Runner connection?

I am smelling BS here big time.

 

[brentb636]

$2400/year for TV/phone? You...are...an...enigma!

My phone costs $104 a month ( with internet from Charter) and my DirectTV bill is $101 a month. I guess that makes the Verizon a bargain ! These things cost too much, but the choice is not to have them. I also subscribe to MLBTV Premium , and have a Sprint account for my wife's cell phone. It all makes my FTA toys look pretty inexpensive.

 

[Xizer]

So why do you use a Road Runner connection?

I am smelling BS here big time.

Let's just say I have a lot of resources.

You can check the IP of this post if you'd like. It's from my FiOS connection.

 

[eurosport]

Let's just say I have a lot of resources.

You can check the IP of this post if you'd like. It's from my FiOS connection.

I think I just $h1t myself.....

 

[brentb636]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1997232079.png

I'm sad !!!!

 

[toucan-man]

"Faster Than 99% of US" is a bit of an understatement.

 

[wallyhts]

So why do you use a Road Runner connection?

I am smelling BS here big time.

Lol

 

[cyberham]

You guys don't have the right connections...

 

[wallyhts]

View attachment 77858

You guys don't have the right connections...

LOL!!! Are you a "warez kiddy"?

 

[eurosport]

<img src="http://www.satelliteguys.us/attachment.php?attachmentid=77858"/>

You guys don't have the right connections...

There's no way...... is there?
Nobody would ever need speed like that I don't think.

Sent from my DROIDX using SatelliteGuys

 

[wallyhts]

I think that someone fired up Photoshop. LOL

 

[cyberham]

paint.net...it's free!

 

[wallyhts]

Don't get me wrong fast internet is great for a few weeks then it just becomes the internet. (100 Mbps+)

Unless you download a lot of linux iso's etc.. or steal movies.

10 Mbps is about all you need that will do (4) netflix streams. (The Netflix Tech Blog: Netflix Performance on Top ISP Networks)

 

[Mr Tony]

Stay tuned!

There are changes coming!

so why dont you tell us then?????

still waiting............

 

[KE4EST]

still waiting............

Me too....I noticed he has logged in but no post and no PM..

 

[wallyhts]

Just my two cents but if you have something going on more then likely you signed lots of NDA's (Non-disclosure agreement) and would be crazy to post anything publicly.